Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-07
The Immaculate John Sherman and
His Immaculate Party.

By A recent published interview IL
seems Mr.. Sherman occupies his old
ground, tO-wit: the Republican party
Is always right and the Democratic
party always wrong. Mr.. Sherman
gives expression 10 his disgust at the
results of legislation during the last
session of the Forty-ninth Congress.
But the very matters that most excite
the Senator's disgust are likely to meet
with the approval of the country. In
the estimation of this distinguished
Republican Statesman, all the errors
and failures of the session were charge
able to the Democrats of the House,
and all the credit for what was well
done belonged to the Republicans of
the Senate. The acts of the Democrat
ic Administration are also included in
this disparaging judgment of the Ohio
Senator. This narrow and bitter par
tisan Senator finds nothing wrong in
his own party, and finds nothing to
approve In the other.
Senator Sherman Is one of those Re-
publican leaders who always claimed
that the Democratic party could not be
trusted with the Government and that
their party only was worthy and capa-
BILE, In this connection these men
would specify the evils they would do
if they got power. These predictions
have been dissipated by two years OF
Democratic administration. The coun-
try is doing fairly we'll considering,
and the Union soldiers not neglected.
The colored people are not specially OPP
pressed and the Confederate debt is not
assumed. So much for these false Re-
publican prophets and their false pre-
dictions.
These narrow predictions cannot sue
cessfully call in question the claims oil
President Cleveland's administration to
the esteem and confidence of the peo-
pie. Their management of public
affairs is able and above reprOach and
no official scandals thus far mar its rec
ord. Perhaps it is this that raises dis
gust in the bosom of Senator Sherman.
No doubt his partisan envy and resent
ment blind him to all merit in politi-
cal opponent. His political gizzard
never rose obove zero.
Senator Sherman seems to lament
that there was no tariff reform, and he
attributes it to Democratic divisions,
saying "the Senate was ready to take
hold of tariff revision and tariff. reduc-
tion.n This is certainly news; and his
Republican brethren in the House gave
no sign in that direction, but opposed
every attempt looking to reform.
The sort of "hold" the Senate would
have taken may be inferred from Sena-
tor Sherman's suggestion to repeal the
internal tax on tobacco and the sugar
duties, with compensation to sugar
planters for the withdrawal of protec'
ton in bounty out of the pockets ot
the American consumers. While nc
relief would be afforded to consumers
by such bounty policy, the Treasury
would sustain an annual loss of $50,
OO0, 900. This sort of tariff reform, the
country has not clamored for. Senator
Sherman says that bill sent from the
House to the Senate to repeal the to
bacco tax ''would have probably beer
made the basis of bill to generally re
wise the tariff" A healthy tariff re
form would not have been grated or
that tree. Such revision of the tariff
would have begun and ended with tn
repeal of the internal tax on tobacco
If the Democrats utterly failed to re
deem their pledge to reform the tariff
; the country is not Oblivious to the fac
that this failure was due to coaiitio
of the Republican minority with
small Democratic faction in the House
Senator Sherman no doubt under
stands that the late session of Congress
was not full of happy results to the Re
publican party. His party did nothin
to reinstate itself In the confidence @
the people. The Republican member
were obsticles in the way ofgeneral re
form disregarding utterly their ow
National platform, it's confessions an
promises. Theseshave paid no heed
the earnest recommendation of Dem
ocratic Secretary of the Treasury to n
peal the duties of the raw materials (
production to enable our manufacture
10 compete in foreign markets. NJ
only so, they favored the rebate {
taxes on tobacco and spirits in order
: maintain the worst iniquities of tt
i, tariff. They all rallied In the House
pass the reckless and sweeping ID
pendent Pension bill over the mob
veto of the President.
The Republican Senate passed tt
a ST., ,000,O Blaine Education bill; Il
: coast fortification bill to take 9th
y vast sums from the treasury, and 9th
V schemes to squander millions. Senat
Sherman regrets these bills did not b
e come laws. No doubt these swindlil
Republican measures only serve to iii
:, gust sensible people with Mr.. She
q man and his party. Mr.. Sherman is
[ man of cold political craft, rather thf
IS of conscience, but his skill and ere
$ cannot change the record of hims'
q and his party in the Forty-ninth Co
l. gress. While the Democrats of th
y Congress might and should have do
% more, their record will favorably col
l. pare with that of their opponen
y Canton Democrat.
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